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On the fence and scared

jpolk1 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:44 -0600

Had my first very young, and have been through single motherhood. Now married to phenomenal man who, surprise surprise wants us to have kids together. Ok. I knew this going into our marriage. Sometimes I'm really excited about it, and sometimes I'm scared out of pumps! There are days when I look at him and think about how much love our family has to offer a child and how much I miss my daughter, now 10, being a baby. There are a lot more days where I'm exhausted from work, tired of juggling and cannot imagine adding another child, no less an infant, to the mix.

That is exciting!

PunditMom — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:17:31 -0500

That's a great reminder of how far we have come and how far we have to go. I wuold love to get inside the head's of the Republican women in the Senate to know what they really think about how women are treated, or mistreated, by the insurance industry.

PunditMom

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It was really inspiring

PunditMom — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:14:59 -0500

I loved how Senator Mikulski (one of my Seantors, BTW), rule over the Senate floor and call colleague after colleague to the podium. It made me wonder -- what if this happened more? And what if we tried to do it, too? I was so proud to see women standing up together on this issue. I just hope their efforts persuade some people.

PunditMom

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Remember the days when there

ebyrdstarr — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:12:17 -0500

Remember the days when there were only 2 of us in the Senate? I remember being so excited when we finally doubled that up to 4. This kind of a clip wouldn't have been possible to make just 15 years ago. It's shocking to me that we're still such a small minority, but at least I can't count the number of female Senators on one hand anymore.

Preaching to the Choir

I loved watched all the female Senators!

Erin Kotecki Vest — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:49:11 -0500

One after the other they took the floor and it was amazing.

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Swistle — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:03:10 -0500

I would be interested to know how super-fetation is diagnosed. I can see it if someone gets pregnant with a second months after the first is conceived, but only 2.5 weeks' measurement difference? When I had ultrasounds, the measurements were +/- a certain number of days/weeks to account for the inaccuracy of ultrasound---and when the twins were born, they were 1-2 pounds heavier than estimated at the ultrasound, so it's not very accurate or precise. Also, at birth, one "tested" 37.5 weeks and the other "tested" just under 36 weeks---again, it's a matter of tests not being accurate only in a +/- kind of way. Is there something special in this situation that just isn't mentioned in the story?

A weird fear of mine

AmberS — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:54:41 -0500

My first child was born 6 weeks early, which was a big surprise. I woke up at 5am one Saturday when my water broke, and thought I must have wet the bed. Because what else could it be? The fact is that we just do not know how any particular birth will play out.

But that was not really my point. My point is that I have 2 major fears surrounding pregnancy. One is that I will be pregnant for a length of time and not know it. The other is superfetation. Both rather unlikely, but the thought of either is enough to make me break out into a cold sweat.

~ Amber

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It's Not the MOST Bizarre Thing....

Gidge — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:31:20 -0500

When I was pregnant with my twins - at my first ultrasound - at about 11 weeks - they measured the twins and one was "five days" behind in measurement size - and their opinion was that they were fertilized five days apart.

Gidge

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No disrespect intended

aftercancer — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:08:22 -0500

but I think that the Grovenburg family is going to have twins. This will not be widely announced in the media.

The likelihood of the pregnancy being superfetation is incredibly low and in most cases incredibly optimistic. What is more likely the case in this situation is that one of the twins either has a genetic problem that is hindering its development or it is a case of IUGR - Intrauterine growth retardation. IUGR occurs quite frequently and it's results vary significantly.

Emotionally I am sure it is easier to have the thought that this is a freak of nature as opposed to something that happens all the time, often with negative results, but I really hope that someone has a conversation with this couple that is grounded in reality.

Kate

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What are the next steps?

juliryan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:48:33 -0500

I agree with you, Jill, that the problem is what to do now, after the Ohio Supreme Court's decision. It is definitely a case of gender discrimination. If a legal defense fund were created, I wonder if the breastfeeding mother LaNisa Allen would appeal? For example, it has come out that employees at Totes/Isotoner took unauthorised smoke breaks and bathroom breaks (and those employees were not fired). And I'm confused and saddened about by the response from Totes (eg, there were "other issues" that led to Allen's termination). It sounds like Allen did approach her boss before taking her "unauthorised breaks". Totes/Isotoner insisted that she take her break at 11, instead of at 10 (when she needed it). Protections clearly need to put in place in all states for our breastfeeding mothers. More protections are also needed for temporary employees like Allen (eg, paid maternal leave for temporary workers).

Agreed

Jill Miller Zimon — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:35:30 -0500

The only part of the idea of boycotting that is slightly tough is that it is really the Ohio Supremes per curiam opinion, in addition to the stance totes' attorneys took, that sealed this ridiculous outcome. We do vote them in and out, but they are TOUGH to unseat.

Jill Writes Like She Talks

Wow. Sounds like a good reason to boycott Isotoner to me....

LawyerMama — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:05:37 -0500

Reading the blurb from the court's decision, "Breastfeeding discrimination does not constitute gender discrimination," my husband said "Only a man would write that."

Enuf said.

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AmyMusings — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:54:21 -0500

Is it just my browser? When I try to put a permalink in the post, I only get a blank box, and resort to writing out the entire permalink to the blog. It's less user friendly for the reader. Instead of just clicking on the link, they have to copy/past it.

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Thanks!

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